SPECIAL EVENTS

Every Wednesday from 4-5pm is our Procovery meeting. And from 3-4pm on
Wednesday is Creative Arts. Everyone is welcome!

General Support

Every Thursday from 1:30 to 3:00pm there is a general support
group that meets. Everyone is welcome to join us!

Depression and Anxiety

Monday 4-5:30pm

Depression and Aniexty meeting group Mondays from 4-5:30pm.

Board Meeting

Every third Tuesday of the month is our Board Meeting from 4-6pm.

SMART Recovery

Not available at this time.

The SMART Recovery Program focuses on four main areas. The first area is enhancing and maintaining motivation to abstain from addictive behavior. The second is learning how to cope with urges and cravings. The third is learning rational ways to manage one?s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and the fourth is learning how to balance short-term pleasures and satisfactions in life.

Bipolar Group

Tuesday 2-3:30pm

Volunteers Needed

Participate in fund raising events

Share your experiences

Be a friend and mentor

Be on the board and help make decisions

Give back to the community by helping other people with mental illness

Volunteer at the office

Help write newsletters

What is the Wellness Shack?

The Wellness Shack, Inc. is a consumer-run, non-profit organization serving as Eau Claire's Center for Adults in
Mental Health Recovery. It is run by the very members who comprise it, offering the chance for recovery, solace, and
peace of mind by supporting, encouraging, and working with others who share similar conditions. We offer peer support;
we are not professional counselors.

Mission Statement:

Our Mission is to help adults, inclusive of all diversities, with mental illness in the Eau Claire by providing a safe
place for them to find peer support, socialization, recreation. Through community outreach, education, and advocacy, adults living with mental illness
will improve understanding of mental health awareness to promote individual.

What is Mental Illness?

Mental illness can affect anyone: a parent, a teacher, a business executive, or you. The disorders of mental illness may include depression, schizophrenia,
bi-polar disorders, eating disorders, attention/hyperactivity disorders, and anxiety disorders. Mental disorders are biologically based brain disorders; they are not due
to personal weakness or poor upbringing.

Mental disorders are common in the United States. Roughly 1 in 4 Americans aged 18 and older suffer from a mental illness(26.2%)